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Italian Gambit
a b c d e f g h
8a8 black rookb8 black kingc8 black bishopd8 black queene8 black kingf8 black kingg8 black knighth8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black pawnd7 black pawne7 black kingf7 black pawng7 black pawnh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black knightd6 black kinge6 black kingf6 black kingg6 black kingh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black bishopd5 black kinge5 black pawnf5 black kingg5 black kingh5 black king5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 white bishopd4 white pawne4 white pawnf4 black kingg4 black kingh4 black king4
3a3 black kingb3 black kingc3 black kingd3 black kinge3 black kingf3 white knightg3 black kingh3 black king3
2a2 white pawnb2 white pawnc2 white pawnd2 black kinge2 black kingf2 white pawng2 white pawnh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 white knightc1 white bishopd1 white queene1 white kingf1 black kingg1 black kingh1 white rook1
a b c d e f g h
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

r1bqk1nr/pppp1ppp/2n5/2b1p3/2BPP3/5N2/PPP2PPP/RNBQK2R b

Moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d4

Italian Gambit

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4.d4

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White sacrifices their d-pawn in order to open lines for their pieces and develop faster. Black has 3 recaptures


4…exd4 transposes into the Haxo Gambit (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5)

4…Nxd4 is not good because white has 5. Nxe5 with pressure on f7 or the venomous 5. b4

4…Bxd4 is the strongest option. Play will continue 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Be3 Nc6

Theory table

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For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation..

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d4

4 5 6
d4
Bxd4		 Nxd4
Nxd4		 O-O
d6		 =
Scotch Gambit ...
exd4

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References

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Wikipedia has related information at Italian Gambit

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